The government has instructed all apparel factory managements to refer their employees to PCR tests every two weeks. This was noted during a press conference organized by the National Operation Centre for Prevention of COVID-19 Outbreak (NOCPCO) on Tuesday (13). Garment factory owners across the island and in Free Trade Zones, and company management representatives had attended the relevant meeting. They have been advised to strictly adhere to health guidelines and precautions as mandatory, enforcing all elaborate procedures as advised by health authorities. The factory managements were furither instructed to ensure that their employees are examined at least thrice a day for fever and are not at all exposed to outsiders in society as much as possible, the NOCPCO said. In addition, the factory managements were requested to be mindful of close inspection of the employees’ places of accommodation, close contacts, frequented public places, constant change of working hours and shifts in factories to ease congestion in transport systems, supply of meals as well as immediate update of accurate addresses of those employees with necessary other particulars, facilitation of contact-tracing.